WASHINGTON – NASA will hold a media teleconference on Monday, Dec. 31 at 1 p.m. EST, to discuss its release of the National Aviation Operations Monitoring Service (NAOMS) data. The data will be posted on the Web at the start of the teleconference at:

http://www.nasa.gov

Briefing participants will be NASA Administrator Michael Griffin and NASA Safety and Mission Assurance Chief Bryan O’Connor. Griffin and O’Connor will discuss the process NASA followed in preparing the data for public release.

Reporters who would like to participate in the teleconference must contact J.D. Harrington by e-mail by 10 a.m. Monday. Audio of the briefing will be streamed live on NASA’s Web site at:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio